Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”
- KJV Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
- NKJV Entreat the Lord, that there may be no more mighty thundering and hail, for it is enough. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”
- NASB Plead with the Lord, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”
- NLT Please beg the Lord to end this terrifying thunder and hail. We’ve had enough. I will let you go; you don’t need to stay any longer.”
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Quick answer
Pharaoh begs Moses to pray for relief and promises to let Israel go. His promise is real-sounding but conditional on relief.
Overview
Pharaoh seeks an end to the thunder and hail and pledges release, appearing to yield at last. His plea acknowledges that only intercession to Yahweh can stop the plague. Yet the following verses reveal Moses' awareness that Pharaoh's fear is not genuine reverence. The episode shows how affliction can produce promises that pressure removes.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Exod 8:8Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
- Exod 10:17Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
- Exod 8:28Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
- Ps 29:3–4The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
- Acts 8:24Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
- Exod 11:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.
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